STRENGTHS
Trent is a quick-twitch athletic defensive back with the high football IQ to play more than one position in your defensive backfield. He is an excellent tackler with a passion for making tackles behind the line of scrimmage, striking with the quickness of a mongoose going straight to its prey. Trent is a hunter looking to make a play on every down whether it’s a run or a pass. He shows the quick feet, lateral agility, mental toughness, and physical strength to be used in single coverages against any size receiver. Trent also has a high football IQ for zone coverages and shows leadership skills in his play working in concert with his teammates. He has excellent hands to make the interception and should be a special team’s impact player on both the return and cover units.
CONCERNS
You would love to see him a little bigger but being bigger does not necessarily mean he would be any better, it just means teams would not nit-pick about his size.
BOTTOM LINE: 1.83
Size is everything when it comes to rating players in a draft. Many talented and hall of fame players will fall out of the 1st round just because of their size and not because of their ability to impact on the field. That’s why Rob and I invented the 2-board system. Trent is listed at 5’11” and if he comes in smaller than that at the combine he might not be selected in the first round just for that reason. For me it’s really simple, Trent has 1st round talent and will play as if he is selected in the first round no matter what round he is selected in. But that’s just me. I don’t look at size, or level of competition to be that much of a factor in evaluating players for the draft. I will admit those issues do enter into my evaluations but only if I don’t see 1st round talent in that player when I’m watching the film. Understand, putting a 1st-round grade by me does not mean a player will be selected in the 1st round. Almost every year I have 40 to 50 players with 1st round grades while most analyst will suggest there are only 10 to 15 in every draft. That’s just BS. Think about it, there are about 5 to 10 seniors and then you add the Juniors and most of the time there are at least 10 to 20 listed as potential 1st rounders. That gives you about 20 to 30 players with 1st round grades, then add the players who are nit-picked to death because of their size, weight, competition level, or any other excuse but on film, are impact players and you have 40 to 50 players who could be considered in any draft as 1st round talent. Trent is one of those players who might not be selected in the 1st round because of his size or lack thereof. Nevertheless, he has 1st round talent and will be an impact player no matter what round he gets selected in. I would look for him to be selected at someplace in the 20’s of the 1st round but you never know.
